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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003883

Hartford & Kingsmead

Hartford & Kingsmead is a Census neighbourhood of about 11,195 residents in Cheshire West and Chester. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Cheshire West and Chester
11,195

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,800

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,646.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

80.4%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

8.0%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

47.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Macclesfield Tytherington, Cheshire East6,253 residents · 87.3% owned · 7.6% no carFarnham Wrecclesham, Waverley6,748 residents · 77.6% owned · 7.9% no carKenilworth East, Warwick8,441 residents · 79.2% owned · 10.4% no carHarrogate West & Pannal Ash, Harrogate11,054 residents · 80.8% owned · 10.8% no carTwyford West & Charvil, Wokingham9,273 residents · 75.8% owned · 8.9% no carAlsager West, Cheshire East6,507 residents · 78.4% owned · 10.2% no car

Most similar within Cheshire West and Chester

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Boughton Heath & Huntington, Cheshire West and Chester8,299 residents · 82.2% owned · 10.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Hartford & Kingsmead

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Owned80.4%
3,857 households
Private rented11.9%
571 households
Social rented4.5%
216 households
Shared ownership3.2%
153 households
Lives rent free0.1%
3 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached56.1%
2,693 households
Semi-detached22.6%
1,083 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement11.4%
547 households
Terraced9%
434 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.4%
19 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.2%
11 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.2%
11 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%
4 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household41%
1,967 households
1 car or van in household37.7%
1,812 households
3 or more cars or vans in household13.3%
640 households
No cars or vans in household8%
383 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms46.3%
2,224 households
3 bedrooms32%
1,539 households
2 bedrooms16.9%
812 households
1 bedroom4.7%
228 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.8%
3,405 households
One-person household27%
1,298 households
Other household types2.1%
103 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household36.9%
1,773 households
1 person in household27%
1,298 households
3 people in household16.7%
803 households
4 people in household15.7%
752 households
5 people in household3%
143 households
6 people in household0.6%
27 households
7 people in household0.1%
6 households
8 or more people in household0%
1 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1516%
1,789 residents
15–2914.8%
1,655 residents
30–4416.6%
1,862 residents
45–6431.9%
3,570 residents
65 and over20.7%
2,319 residents
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White95.4%
10,677 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh2.3%
253 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups1.5%
167 residents
Other ethnic group0.6%
62 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African0.3%
38 residents
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above47.7%
4,413 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.9%
1,559 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications13.6%
1,257 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications8.9%
821 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.6%
703 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.7%
338 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.7%
156 residents aged 16 and over
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)60.6%
5,603 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive37.4%
3,458 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student2%
183 residents aged 16 and over
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.7%
2,376 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.4%
2,256 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations13.5%
1,244 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.5%
787 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7.6%
701 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.3%
584 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students6.1%
560 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.2%
384 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.8%
355 residents aged 16 and over
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.9%
6,258 residents
Good health31.5%
3,523 residents
Fair health10%
1,115 residents
Bad health2.1%
236 residents
Very bad health0.5%
61 residents
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.2%
9,652 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.8%
1,545 residents
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension62.8%
3,019 households
Household is deprived in one dimension28.1%
1,350 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions7.7%
368 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%
64 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.1%
3 households
Hartford & Kingsmead · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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